Thank you guys very much for your continued support of this fic, I'm really glad it's gotten some extra likes, more than I was hoping for.
This chapter we skip a little further ahead to Kuvira's recovery, but Korra is about to break the news. It's not going over well, but can Korra convince Kuvira to at least give her a chance?
This is a bit shorter than the last chapter, but not too short for you guys I hope.
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Two days later:
"I've said it once and I'll say it again, you are one tough omega darling." Kya pulled back from being Kuvira, having rewrapped her torso for the second time after she'd arrived back at the temple.
"Thanks." Kuvira gave a light smile; she was feeling a lot better since she'd woken up. Her bones were healing well, her appetite was coming back, but she was still on a restricted diet and she had to stay in bed a little longer before they could work on her legs.
"Now, you've been given a checkup, you've bathed, and I've rewrapped all your bandages. You're good to eat some tasty soup and bread this evening and maybe a sweet bun if it doesn't hurt your stomach. No strenuous activity of course, and if all goes well we can see if you're good to start walking soon." Kya helped her patient lean back against the pillows, making sure she was comfortable.
"Thank you again, you didn't have to do all of this." Kuvira's voice was finally back to normal, thanks to all the fluids Kya made her drink and the IVs helped.
"I did, and I expect you to follow my advice to a T. Now you get some rest; Korra, you keep an eye on her for me, I'll be back in a couple of days." Korra had been at the door during the entire healing session, and she could see that Kuvira was warming up to Kya. The woman obviously showed her more care than she was used to, but that would soon change.
"Thank you again Kya, I appreciate this." Kya smiled, and right as Kuvira's eyes shut she calmly pulled Korra out of the room.
"I know you want to tell her, but I think you should wait until later today."
"I know, I just can't figure out how I'm going to tell her." Kya gave a light smile.
"You're going to have an argument on your hands, but when it happens she won't be able to resist it." Korra had a thought come to her.
"What if her body isn't healed fully by then?"
"Her body is going to have to work through it dear, the heat will call you, but your alpha will be in control. My advice, try and keep your conscience alive before it happens; the first time Lin and I were together, she was almost a different person."
"How so?"
"Well you know how Lin is mostly rough around others, but when she's with me, she's loving and sweet. That night, one that I'll never forget, her inner alpha was what you would call possessive, but also endearing. She knew I was hers, and she was mine, and after it ended, I can tell you now I'd never felt so loved in my life." Kya closed her eyes and sighed. Korra had to stop herself from rolling her eyes; it was difficult to imagine Chief Beifong as anything related to 'sweet and loving'. The woman was a rock through and through, but for Kya, she would do anything.
"You two weren't always together though, I mean she was with Tenzin and he's a beta."
"True, but in those days things were different for both of us. However, fate always has a funny way of showing us our destined paths." she touched Korra's shoulder. "You might not have the same experience with Kuvira, but I can tell now your auras are a perfect mix together."
"Kya, my parents taught me how to be a respectable alpha, but even my dad said there would be moments where I won't even recognize myself. That's mostly if my mate is in trouble or in heat, and I…I don't want to risk hurting her." Korra had been known to be reckless and brash, especially when provoked; she'd gotten into many squabbles with other alphas through the years, and each time she was the one who came out on top. It made most alphas fear her, but also herself; she knew if word got out about her mate they'd be a target, but she could tell at least Kuvira was strong and a fighter.
"Which is why you have to talk with her, but let her rest and eat first. She's a stubborn one like Lin, just don't let your alpha lose control ok?"
"I know, thank you for coming by." Kya gave her a hug.
"Anytime sweetie, now just follow my instructions; and you get yourself some rest ok? I can see you've been sleeping better but you still look exhausted."
"Thanks again, tell the chief I said hello." Kya nodded and left quickly. Korra peeked into the room again, and saw Kuvira had in fact gone back to sleep. Her breathing was soft and even, she would be out for a few hours at least. Korra decided to go out into the gardens and meditate; she hadn't done that in a while so perhaps it would help ease her nerves.
Some hours later:
By the time Korra finished her meditation, the afternoon had already passed by so quickly. It wasn't too late in the afternoon, so dinner wouldn't be for at least two hours. That would give her some time with Kuvira, maybe she could talk before explaining the situation to her. She just hoped her alpha could contain herself around her, still so vulnerable and all.
'It will soon be time, but we will have her.'
'Stop it, I know.'
'Her scent is beautiful like her, we will show her the love she deserves.' now that was random.
'Just let me handle this.' Korra quietly opened the door to Kuvira's room, seeing the omega awake and alert in bed.
"Hey, you're awake." Korra walked up to the bed and sat on the end. "How do you feel?" Kuvira gave a slight yawn.
"I'm ok, better than I was yesterday."
"I'm glad; do you need to get up and…?" Kuvira shook her head.
"I'm fine, I just…I just wish I could walk a little." Korra sighed.
"If I had a wheelchair I'd gladly show you around, but Kya will rip my head off if I go against her orders. I could lie, but then she'd see through me and her mate…Lin, would probably put me on house arrest."
"For what?" Korra smirked.
"Upsetting her mate, overprotective." Kuvira's lips twitched a bit. "Kuvira, I know you've gone through a lot lately, but do you mind if I ask you some questions?"
"What kind of questions?"
"Nothing too personal I promise, and if I'm out of line please tell me. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable." Kuvira looked away, but nodded.
"Go on." Korra paused, and began.
"How old were you when the Dai Li arrested you?"
"Fifteen."
"Was what they said true? Were you caught stealing?" Kuvira's face tensed up.
"I stole only some coins and a few jewels I thought no one would miss, and they weren't for me either."
"Who were they for?" Kuvira looked at her.
"How much do you know about the lower ring of Ba Sing Se?" Korra winced, and Kuvira nodded at her. "Then you know why I took them, I was one of several others who were starving on the streets. The queen taxes her citizens heavily, and she doesn't care what happens to those who weren't wealthy. The middle ring is somewhat better, but the lower…it's awful. People live in filthy and rundown buildings, some more than others; the food is barely edible, but when you're starving you do what you can to survive. I was part of a group, and we often stole only a little to eat. Rotten fruit, old meat, it just…it got the point of desperation; so I offered to go and get more."
"You somehow made it to the upper ring, and you were going to sell the jewels for food?" Kuvira sighed.
"Just enough for us to eat for the week, but I didn't count on the Dai Li catching me so quickly." her green eyes darkened. "I was a good fighter, but I got overpowered; the queen wanted to keep me for…entertainment, but…" Kuvira's voice trailed off, her lower lip quivered a bit.
"Hey, hey it's ok, we can stop there." Korra touched her hand, it was shaking.
"Sorry…"
"Don't be, I've been around the queen only a few times and it was never pleasant. I've tried for the past few years to get the other world leaders to try and convince her to fix the kingdom, but they all agree that it's not in their power. Plus she'd see it as a threat to war and no one wants to go to war with her."
"You could probably crush her easily, but I understand the reasons. She's the type to 'force' her citizens to serve her, and the Dai Li are more than happy to use whatever means necessary to make them listen."
"No one wants to hurt innocent people, and until this day no one has managed to come to 'reasonable' terms with her. We've all tried, but she's a stubborn old bitch." Kuvira snickered. "Hey, I got you to laugh."
"You're not the only one to think of her that way, the people say worse things." she coughed a little.
"Here, more water?" Korra passed over a half empty glass. Kuvira gulped down the remaining contents and handed it back. "Another question, were you raised in Ba Sing Se?" Kuvira shook her head.
"I was born in one of the villages outside the main city, a small one."
"Did you have family? Parents? Siblings?" Kuvira's eyes closed, and Korra sensed her discomfort. "I'm sorry, you don't have to…"
"My parents abandoned me when I was eight, left me alone in a city called Zaofu." the words came out in a snarl. "I don't know why they did or where they are now, but I could care less." Korra sensed the words 'touchy subject' immediately, and decided to change the subject.
"Would…you like me to tell you a few things about myself?" the other woman shrugged. "Well, you already know that I'm the avatar, and I'm an alpha. I came to Republic City when I was seventeen, and let me tell you it was nothing like I'd been told."
"How so?" Korra chuckled.
"Well for one I wasn't exactly given a 'warm welcome'. I ended up fighting some gang members on my first day and got arrested, disturbing the peace, evading arrest, and destruction of city property. Chief Beifong wanted to throw me in jail right away, but Tenzin helped me out of it. He pretty much tried to force me back home to the South Pole, but I convinced him that staying in the city was the best way for me to complete my training."
"You tried to run from the police?" Kuvira's right eyebrow rose up slightly.
"I might have tried to use my 'avatar status' to my advantage, but it backfired on me. The whole city knew I was here, and it didn't help that some jerks who called themselves equalists were out to get me."
"Equalists…I think I heard something about that."
"It's a really long story, one that I'll be glad to share another time. I'll tell you though, I thought that leaving my homeland would be fun and a new, exciting adventure for me and it ended up being one of the most difficult."
"Why? Were you imprisoned or something?" Korra laughed slightly.
"In a way, the White Lotus was tasked by Aang before his death to protect the next avatar; after they found me, I was four at the time, my parents let me train at home until I was old enough to get into more serious bending skills. I was twelve when I was sent to live in the compound designed to keep me safe, as they said, until they deemed I was ready. No one knew who or where I was, until I pretty much made myself known."
"Yet from what I've heard, you pretty much made yourself a feared alpha." Korra nodded.
"I've been in several fights with other alphas, each one thinking they could outmatch the avatar if she got angry enough. Mostly just idiots with a masculinity complex, and half the time I was protecting omegas they tried to get flirty with." Kuvira frowned a bit.
"You took on a habit of protecting omegas, so why didn't you ever find a mate?"
"Well for one finding a mate isn't just all pick and choose as some would think, it's mostly when an omega's aura calls out to an alpha and the alpha's own aura responds back. Granted most alphas mistake an omega's heat as the aura, and it becomes difficult for the alpha to retain control. That's why Aang and Lord Zuko helped create the Omega Protection Act, written and enforced to protect omegas from alphas who would kidnap and use them for breeding. It went effective in all nations, signed and legalized by signatures of all the world leaders; it helped create programs to help rescue abused omegas and their pups, and get them to shelters to start over."
"So…no omega called to you?" Korra's mouth went dry for a second.
"Not really, the White Lotus has been adamant that I find a mate soon, but my alpha urges didn't respond to any of the calls…" she trailed off. Kuvira noticed the look on her face, and she sat up slightly.
"What?" Korra sighed, and looked Kuvira straight in the eyes.
"Kuvira, why have you been taking suppressants?" Kuvira didn't answer. "Do you know why you passed out in the tub? Well, after we got you to the hospital Kya did an exam on you, and said your body was going through a collapsed heat do you know what that is?"
"No, I don't."
"It's what happens when you don't go through a full heat, when you haven't once had a full heat in your life your body starts to shut down. You've been taking suppressants for years, why?" Kuvira glared slightly.
"It's not your concern, it's my body and I'll do with it what I please."
"You know that taking suppressants is toxic, a prolonged use of them is deadly to your system. Taking them every now and then is fine, but not letting your body experience a heat is dangerous." Kuvira's hands clutched at the blanket.
"I didn't ask to be born an omega; I know what problems they go through to hide from alphas. I doubt it would've mattered, I wasn't going to be someone's mate to control and bear pups."
"Is that what you think will happen?"
"I know it will, it happened to my mother and after my father…after he beat her every day because she couldn't give him an alpha pup!" Kuvira regretted saying the words after she finished, she shook her head and gripped at her hair, hard. Her entire body started trembling madly, and she began to thrash in the bed.
"Whoa! Whoa Kuvira easy…easy it's ok!" Korra grabbed at her hands and the omega started to put up a fight. Korra tried to get her to stop but she wouldn't, Kuvira kept fighting at her to let go. "Stop, Kuvira stop you're going to hurt yourself!"
"Let go of me!"
"Not until you calm down, stop!" Korra gripped both of Kuvira's wrists and pinned them down beside her. Korra's alpha senses were coming out, this omega's call was beckoning to her again, and she did the only thing she could think of to stop the attempted assault; she bared her teeth, and bit down on the spot of the first mark. Kuvira's body tensed up for a moment, and then she started to struggle again.
"What're you doing?! Stop!" Kuvira's legs tried to kick at Korra, but she straddled her and pinned them together. "Let me go!"
'Keep a tight hold, until the mark is made!' Korra's alpha shouted in her head, and she kept biting down until Kuvira's body started to relax. In moments her entire frame went limp, and Korra pulled away gently licking at the mark as it bled slightly. She released her hold on Kuvira's wrists, and sat up to see the omega looking at her with angry tears flowing.
"You monster…" she growled out.
"I'm sorry, it was the only way I could make you stop." she reached to touch Kuvira's face, but she flinched away.
"I should've known this would happen, you pretended to actually care and help me, only to make me your damn concubine!" Korra's eyes widened.
"No, no Kuvira that's not it!" now she had to tell her, it was only fair. "Kuvira, I was about to tell you before you got upset…what I said about omega auras calling alphas." Kuvira stared, and then her eyes narrowed.
"No…"
"Your aura called out to me the moment I met you, but it got stronger when I saw you in the hospital. My alpha call recognizes you as my mate, that's why I had to bite you, to help you. I know it's not what you wanted but I am going to help and take care of you." she reached for Kuvira's hand, but the omega snatched it back. Korra sighed and slid off the bed, oh she knew this would happen.
"I don't want your help, and I sure don't want your care! I will NOT be anyone's broodmare omega!"
"ENOUGH!" Korra's alpha voice came out, and Kuvira was shocked at the demanding tone of voice. "Listen Kuvira, like it or not you are my mate, my alpha responds to your omega calls. Your body is going to heal, but they flushed out the last of the suppressants; which means your heat will come out soon."
"I won't let you!" the omega snarled.
"You won't be able to stop it, and your omega will come out. If you take suppressants again it might kill you, which is why as your alpha I am commanding you to never take those drugs, ever. I also order you to stay in the bed until your body recovers, and don't attack any of the servants or try to leave. I will come back with your dinner later, until then you rest."
"You're imprisoning me, just like the Dai Li did."
"No I'm protecting you; it's my job as your mate." Kuvira sat upright in bed and growled at her.
"YOU'RE NOT MY MATE!" Korra's alpha wanted to charge at Kuvira and force her to accept the bond, but she held back. If she tried to force it now it would only worsen the situation; she had to wait until the heat came.
"I am, and your omega won't deny it. You might, but she won't; I'll be back later." Korra quickly walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. She took a few heavy breaths, leaning against the wall to steady herself as the need to hit something, anything came over her.
'In and out, in and out, in and out…' she chanted the words over and over in her head until she finally calmed down. Oh yeah Kuvira was definitely a fighter, but she wouldn't be able to overcome her omega's needs once the heat hit. Korra just had to be patient, and wait to talk with Kuvira more before it came; once it was done, their bond would be set, and no one would hurt her again.
Hey guys, sorry it took so long to finish but I hope you enjoyed it anyway. I did warn you Kuvira wouldn't like the whole thing, so there's definitely going to be more drama.
Next chapter Korra decides to get some advice from an old friend and tries again to make nice with Kuvira, but the heat is drawing near. What will Korra do?
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